Reed Brody
american
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This follows the pattern that we’ve been seeing for years. First, they closed the NGOs, the universities, the independent media. You know, they’ve gone after the churches, and now it seems the legal profession,
They took him alive, and after refusing to tell his family, his lawyer, the world anything about his fate, then they call him brother,
- said Reed Brody, an American human rights lawyer and member of a group of U.N. experts on NicaraguaNBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/south…HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/nicaragua…The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/nicarag…
- said Reed Brody, an American human rights lawyer and member of a group of UN experts on NicaraguaDeutsche Welledw.com/en/nicaragua…
This just shows the cruelty with which this government treats anyone who stands in the way of their complete consolidation of power,
Nobody heard from him since then,
- Brody said... adding thatNBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/south…HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/nicaragua…
- Brody saidAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
He has been fighting in one way or another for their rights,
The cause would be that he was in government custody in conditions of enforced disappearance for over two years, denied independent medical oversight. There is no other way to read this,
- Brody wroteAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
Earlier
Nicaragua strips lawyers from practicing in ongoing crackdown on dissent
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/nicarag…On Friday, a United Nations expert called the government’s actions a “purge of the legal profession”, aimed at eroding the country’s final shreds of democratic checks and balances
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Brooklyn Rivera, Nicaraguan Indigenous Leader, Dies in Government Custody
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/06…The Indigenous leader and former lawmaker had been detained by Nicaragua's authoritarian government in 2023 on undisclosed charges
Deutsche Welledw.com/en/nicaragua…